- shoot
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 new part of a plantADJECTIVE▪ fresh, green, new, tender, young▪ growing▪ flowering, leafy▪ lateral, side▪ bambooVERB + SHOOT▪ have▪
This plant has no shoots yet.
▪ develop, produce, put out (esp. BrE), put up (esp. AmE), send out, send up (esp. AmE)▪These shrubs will need more light to produce flowering shoots.
SHOOT + VERB▪ appear, come up, develop, emerge, grow▪Keep the bulbs in a cool dark place until shoots appear.
2 occasion when you photograph sb/sthADJECTIVE▪ commercial, cover, fashion, film (esp. BrE), magazine, movie (esp. AmE), photo, photographic (BrE), video▪a cover shoot for the September issue of Cosmopolitan
▪a five-day photo shoot in Cyprus
▪ location▪ night▪an outdoor night shoot on a balcony in Prague
▪ one-day, two-day, etc.PREPOSITION▪ on a/the shoot▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}He goes out on photo shoots with very little equipment.
verbADVERB▪ accurately, straight▪She trained for days until she could shoot straight.
▪ accidentally▪He accidentally shot himself in the foot.
▪ fatally▪Four policemen were fatally shot in the incident.
▪ summarily▪If caught, the men could be summarily shot as spies.
▪ back▪The soldiers shot back at invading planes with rifles.
▪ down▪The airliner was shot down near Korea.
VERB + SHOOT▪ want to▪ threaten to▪ be about to, be going to▪I thought for a moment that he was going to shoot.
▪ try toPREPOSITION▪ at▪The soldiers were shooting at a target.
▪ in▪He was shot in the back.
▪ into▪Troops shot into the air to stop the rioting.
▪ with▪She was shot with a small automatic pistol.
PHRASES▪ shoot (sb) on sight▪Any intruders will be shot on sight.
▪ shoot sb dead▪The police shot him dead.
▪Twenty wolves have been shot dead in Alaska.
▪ shoot to kill▪The soldiers were told to shoot to kill.
▪a shoot-to-kill policy
▪ shot and killed▪Four protestors were shot and killed by police.
▪ shot to death▪She was shot to death for a crime she did not commit.
Shoot is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑arrow, ↑bullet, ↑cannon, ↑eye, ↑flame, ↑gun, ↑photographer, ↑troopsShoot is used with these nouns as the object: ↑adaptation, ↑arrow, ↑basket, ↑beam, ↑bow, ↑bullet, ↑cannon, ↑demonstrator, ↑elephant, ↑episode, ↑film, ↑firework, ↑glance, ↑glare, ↑gun, ↑heroin, ↑laser, ↑look, ↑model, ↑movie, ↑photograph, ↑rabbit, ↑rocket, ↑round, ↑scene, ↑sequence, ↑spark, ↑vermin, ↑video
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
